- [Chad] In this video I'd like to show you how to installthe Creative Cloud desktop application on your computer.The Creative Cloud desktop applicationis like the brains of the operation if you will,and it's how you install all of the individualCreative Cloud applications that you'll be using,such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.In this video I'm gonna show you how to do thisif you're a Mac user since the process differsslightly between the two platforms.So I'm starting here with my web browser openand I'm using Google Chrome in this example,but you can use whichever browser you wish.

And I've navigated to the Adobe website at www.adobe.com.And I'm gonna click the Sign In link in theupper right-hand corner of my screensince I need to authenticate myselfin order to get access to the applications.Now once again we're gonna have toenter our Adobe I.D. and password.So I'm gonna go ahead and type that in nowand then I'll click the Sign In button.Now once you're here you're gonna noticethat you're gonna be greeted with your customized webpage.

And you can see my name is displayedup here in the upper left-hand corner,and you'll notice that if you scroll down a little bit more,over here you have your Creative Cloud apps.Now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonnaclick on the Desktop Downloads link,and that's gonna take me to a webpagewhere I can download the individual applications.Now although we can grab the individual apps from hereyou are at some point gonna have to installthe Creative Cloud desktop application.

So whenever I have to install the Adobe applicationson a new machine I always begin by downloadingthe Creative Cloud desktop application first.So I'm gonna go ahead and click the download linkfor the Creative Cloud desktop application.Now this typically gets downloaded to your downloads folderand in the case of Google Chromeyou can see that the installer is displayed rightdown here at the bottom of my browser window.But if you can't find it the downloads folderis probably where the installer is gonna be.

So I'm gonna go ahead and click on thisto launch the Creative Cloud installer.And then it's gonna display a windowwhere I can simply double-click to initiate the installer.So I'm gonna go ahead and double-click on thisand we'll go ahead and say that it's O.K. to run that,and then I have to authenticate myself to the computer.And that will, in turn, initiate the installer.So I'm just gonna close these things for nowand you'll notice that in a few secondsthe installer is finishedand now the Creative Cloud applicationis once again asking me to authenticate myselfwhich my Adobe I.D. and password.

So I'm gonna go ahead and do that one more timeand then I'll go ahead and enter my passwordand then I'll click the Sign In button.Once I do that the Creative Cloud applicationis gonna launch and I'm gonna have access to all of theapplications and services that you have access tounder your Creative Cloud plan.Now, I'm gonna click out of here for a secondbecause unlike the Windows platformwhere the Creative Cloud desktop application is accesseddown here in the lower right-hand corner of your task bar,on the Mac platform you're gonna noticethat in your menu bar you're gonna havethis button right here that if you click on that,that will open up yourAdobe Creative Cloud desktop application.

So throughout this course you're going to be instructedto open up that Creative Cloud desktop applicationand when you do on the Mac platformyou're gonna do so right up here in your menu bar.And that's pretty much all there is to installingthe Creative Cloud desktop application on your computer.Now that you've completed this processyou can install the individual Creative Cloud applicationsand take advantage of some powerfulCreative Cloud services as well.

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6/7/2018

With Adobe Creative Cloud, you can access the entire collection of Adobe software, including powerhouse design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects. The subscription model provides new purchase options as well as instant access to software updates. Explore all the suite has to offer, in this introductory overview with instructor Chad Chelius.

Chad explains how to sign up for Creative Cloud and install programs and updates. He shows how to upload, download, and manage files in the cloud, and reviews the sharing and collaboration workflow. Then he demonstrates how to store and share reusable assets in CC Libraries and explores some additional, lesser-known services, such as Typekit, Adobe Stock, and Adobe Capture. Finally, Chad shows how to use the Creative Cloud and other Adobe mobile apps to take your work anywhere your creativity leads.